Courses that satisfy American Cultures requirement
Ethnic Studies
10AC. A History of Race and Ethnicity in Western North America,
1598-Present. (4) Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion
per week.
This course explores the role of "race" and ethnicity in
the history of what became the Western United States from the Spanish
invasion of the Southwest to contemporary controversies surrounding "race" in California. Rather than providing a continuous historical
narrative, or treating each racialized "other" separately, the course
works through a series of chronologically organized events in which
issues of racial differences played key roles in creating what became
a western identity. This course satisfies the American cultures
requirement. (F,SP) Staff
11AC. Theories and Concepts in Comparative Ethnic Studies: An
Introduction. (4) Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion
per week. Formerly 10B.
This explores the work of key theorists of
race, ethnicity, and de-colonization whose work and ideas have formed
the basis of scholarly work in the broad, interdisciplinary field of
comparative ethnic studies. It is intended both to offer beginning
students a ground in the ideas and methods they will encounter
throughout their major, and to introduce names, texts, and concepts
with which all majors should be familiar. This course satisfies the
American cultures requirement. (F,SP) Staff
20AC. Introduction to Ethnic Studies. (4) Three hours of lecture
and one hour of discussion per week. Formerly 20.
The University, its
relationship to corporate structures, legislative bodies, community
people, and specifically, Third World people will be analyzed. The
University's values will be critically examined. The history of
ethnic studies programs in this country, their development, and,
their struggles will be discussed. This course satisfies the American
cultures requirement. (F) Staff
21AC. A Comparative Survey of Racial and Ethnic Groups in the U.S.
(4) Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week.
Formerly 21.
This survey course will examine the historical
experiences of European immigrants, African Americans, and Latinos,
emphasizing the themes of migration and economic change since the
late 19th century. Though the class will focus on the three groups,
the course will also address salient features of the experiences of
Asian Americans, Native Americans, and recently arrived immigrants in
light of the themes of the course. Intragroup differences such as
class and gender will be discussed. This course satisfies the
American cultures requirement. (SP) Staff
41AC. A Comparative Survey of Protest Movements Since the 60's. (4)
Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week.
Formerly 41.
An introductory, comparative, and interdisciplinary
study of Native American, Mexican American, African American, and
Asian American social and political struggles from 1960 to the
present. The course traces the development of protest movements
created by people of color in response to racial, class, gender, and
political inequality in the context of U.S. politics and history. The
course critically examines the internal and external factors
contributing to the rise and fall of social and political movements
and concludes with an analysis of the current conjuncture of race,
ethnicity, culture, class, gender, and sexual preference in U.S.
politics. This course satisfies the American cultures requirement.
(F,SP) Staff
C73AC. Indigenous Peoples in Global Inequality. (4) Three hours of
lecture per week.
This course examines the history of indigenous,
aboriginal, native, or "tribal" peoples over the last five centuries.
Particular attention is paid to how these groups were brought into
relations with an expanding Europe, capitalist development, and
modern nation-states. How have these peoples survived, what are the
contemporary challenges they face, and what resources and allies have
they drawn on in the present? Also listed as Native American Studies C73AC. This course satisfies the American cultures requirement. (SP)
Biolsi
122AC. Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films. (4)
Three hours of lecture and zero to one hours of discussion per week.
Formerly 122.
The depiction of race and ethnic relations in American
films from the 1960s to the present. The course covers independent
features as well as mainstream Hollywood studio films. This course
satisfies the American cultures requirement. (SP) Staff
159AC. The Southern Border. (4) Four hours of lecture/discussion
per week.
The southern border--from California to Florida--is the
longest physical divide between the First and Third Worlds. This
course will examine the border as a distinct landscape where
North-South relations take on a specific spatial and cultural
dimension, and as a region which has been the testing ground for such
issues as free trade, immigration, and ethnic politics. Also listed
as Education 186AC and Geography 159AC. This course satisfies the
American cultures requirement. Manz, Shaiken
Asian American Studies
128AC Muslims in America (4) Three hours of lecture and zero to one
hour of discussion per week.
Description: The course traces Islam's journey in America. It will
deal with the emergence of identifiable Muslim communities throughout
the U.S. and focus on patterns of migration, the ethnic makeup of
such communities, gender dynamics, political identity, and cases of
conversion to Islam. The course will spend considerable time on the
African American, Indo-Pakistani, and Arab American Muslim
communities since they constitute the largest groupings. It also
examines in depth the emergence of national, regional, and local
Muslim institutions, patterns of development pursued by a number of
them, and levels of cooperation or antagonism. The course seeks an
examination of gender relations and dynamics across the various
Muslim groupings, and the internal and external factors that
contribute to real and imagined crisis. The course seeks to conduct
and document the growth and expansion of mosques, schools, and
community centers in the greater Bay Area. Finally, no class on Islam
in America would be complete without a critical examination of the
impacts of 9/11 on Muslim communities, the erosion of civil rights,
and the ongoing war on terrorism. (F,SP) Staff
190AC Seminar on Advanced Topics in Asian American Studies (4) Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites:
Consent of instructor.
Credit option: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies.
Description: Advanced seminar in Asian American Studies with topics
to be announced at the beginning of each semester. (F,SP)
Native American Studies
C73AC Indigenous Peoples in Global Inequality (4) Three hours of
lecture per week.
Description: This course examines the history of indigenous,
aboriginal, native, or "tribal" peoples over the last five centuries.
Particular attention is paid to how these groups were brought into
relations with an expanding Europe, capitalist development, and
modern nation-states. How have these peoples survived, what are the
contemporary challenges they face, and what resources and allies have
they drawn on in the present? Also listed as Ethnic Studies C73AC.
(SP) Biolsi
120AC Photography and the American Indian: Manifest Destiny, American
Frontier, and Images of American Indians (4) Three hours of lecture
and zero to one hours of discussion per week.
Description: This course explores the development of photography,
historical photographs of Indigenous peoples, Black Indians, and the
push to win the American West. Central to the course are research
methods that deconstruct stereotypical representations of Native
Americans, African Americans (who either married into Native nations,
were owned by Native peoples, or who joined the military to fight
Native peoples), and the theories and methods that influenced
photography. (F,SP) Pearson
178AC Africans in Indian Country (4) Three hours of seminar per week.
Description: This seminar will explore the intersections of Native
American and African American histories and communities in the
context of the United States which was formerly "Indian Country." We
will read historical texts, first-person accounts, fiction, and
primary documents primarily from the perspective of Native American,
African American, and Black-Indian scholars and writers.
(F,SP) Staff